voting booth look at this. in style. the service that is offered to seniors to get them to the polls with the help of a limousine. >> reporter: good morning. topping america's money waiting on wall street trading on the financial markets is light as investors wait and see who wins the election but a surge is expected later this week no matter who wins. inner city travel not northeast is getting back to normal after hurricane sandy. the airline and amtrak cleared out much of the backlog of strand travelers. storm cost airlines about 100 million dollars. and suzuki is giving up on the u.s. auto market and they are filing for bank suptry and auto maker will no longer sell cars here instead it will focus on motorcycles alter rain vehicles and and highser bush wants images of the budweiser beer release -- taken out of the film flight. the character drinks vodka and

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it's -- are's watching the station at that -- you're watching the station that works for you now good morning maryland. back in business. a popular mount washington watering hole opening its doors after fire almost closed them for good. >> talk about home protections. police may a bizarre discovery during a drug bust. we will tell you what they found crawling around inside a suspended drug dealer's home. and we will show you the pictures. >> scary but an interesting story. >> he is a watchdog. >> when you have an alligator. it's tuesday morning election day i am megan sprinkle. >> i am charley crowson before heading out to the polls or take care of your task you have to know the weather. lynette is standing by with a

check of the forecast. >> no rain on this day. this very important day you need to head out and vote but we have cold temperatures. bundle up as you head out this morning. and 28 degrees in frederick and also towson. catonsville at 81. we don't have the breezy conditions those will roll into the picture as we go into tomorrow as we talk about the nor'easter. but in the meantime, with the cold conditions out there, temperatures we have a freeze warning that's in effect until9:00 for areas shaded in the purple color. we are looking pretty good across the eastern shore dorchester is under it as well. now we look at maryland's most powerful radar and we are going to stay dry throughout the day. so this is going to be our last day before the wet weather begins to work et cetera way in here as we go through the overnight tomorrow. and even on thursday. this is what it looks like for the planner planning accordingly. have the big coat this morning and keep it even as you go into the afternoon because lunchtime temperature is well above average we will wake up to plenty of sunshine. and that lunchtime temperature is at 45. let's check the abc2 timesaver

traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you might need the scarf and earmuffs as well average temperatures 31 degrees too chilly out there. and traveling on 95 no problems to report in white marsh it will be an easy ride from route 43 to downtown baltimore. and this is what the harrisburg expressway looks like in hunt valley at shawan. everything is moving along look at a typical 22 minute ride right now from the maryland pennsylvania state line down to 695. pulling up the timesaver trafficdrive times the beltway in great shape an 11 minute ride. normal conditions out outer loop from 95 up to 8 3. and the west side of the beltway no problems to report traveling outer loop from 795 to 95. and that stretch will take you just 11 minutes. that's your traffic megan and charley over to you. where you went to meet with up friends and have dinner with the family. >> a poplar restaurant reopens and linda so joins to us tell us about the grand opening of

the mount washington tavern it looks nice. >> reporter: it does. doors will open to the public at 5 tonight and we have a sneak peek of the newly rebuilt tank. you won't be disappoint -- tavern. you won't be disappointed. this is the work doesn't past years. owner had to rebuild it from the ground up after a devastating fire destroy the place on halloween last year. the tavern has a new design that's more open and easier to walk around in and has two rooms upstairs and an outdoor deck area. but you will see a lot offamiliar faces. the staff is the same. the coowner say it's been a lot of work but knew without a doubt they had to rebuild. >> the day of the fire, the builder who is a friend of oursas well as a tavern customer build an addition on my home was standing on the bridge before the sun came up with the fire and we looked at him and said there's no question we are going to rebuild. i mean it's all we know. >> reporter: doors open tonight at 5 for din erin it will be

open for normal business hours starting tomorrow. a grand reopening party is setthe day before thanksgiving november 21st at 8 in the evening. linda so, abc2 news. the governor voted last week however the election day very busy for him anyway. so you might run into him at the polling place that's because he starts his day with the pg county executive and then he is heading to polling location was ravens linebackers and he is going to also be outspoken in support of question 6. governor o'malley will attend a dream act event that's happening tonight and stop by senator ben cardin's election night campaign. he is going to end the evening with a question 6 watch party happening in downtown baltimore. >> if you choose not to vote don't blame it on not having a polling place close to your home. you have no excuse. absentee ballots were cast from earth's orbit. mission control johnson space center in houston e-mails a digital version of the badge to astronauts in the international

space station. -- ballot to the astronauts in the international space station. it is then sent to voting authorities. seniors who can't drive to the polling places could be picked up in style. wiley funeral homes is offering limo rides to seniors in baltimore city and baltimore county. they will pick up neighbors in harm you will park wood lawn and owings mills. the time for pick upvaries so we poeted -- posted it at abc2news.com. if you are one of the nervous flyers, you probablyfeel any landing you walk away from is a good one. >> some may differ especially after a plane clipped a suv and and it's not the first time. >> how does that happen?

you've got to check this out a small plane coming for landing clips the top of an s. u -- s you v. this is not -- suv. this is not the first time there's been a collision at this airport. three been nine accidents in the past few years in 2008 a plane landed on top of the other. some athe road is too close to the runway and needs to be

better marked to warn drivers. >> that's jaw dropping video and the poor guy in the car. >> lynette you like to fly. >> not anymore. >> not in the lawyer mothers. >> i wond he if the car knew it was coming he didn't accelerate or anything that's just bad. >> blind sided. >> don't want you to be blind side with the cold temperatures look at 20s perry hall alsochurch ofville at 30 in chester tab. temperatures are well below average for this time of the year. we should be 40 and 39 degrees and we are not going to be seeing that for todaych satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot a few high clouds moving in but we will talk about is this nor'easter that's going to be pushing into the area going into tomorrow. let's check with lauren cook. >> good morning. so far so good on the day effects no problems from 695 all the way downtown to east fayette street traveling

through the tunnels everything up to speed through the fort mchenry tunnel as well as harbor and checking in and looking outside here on the west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike everything is moving right along you are looking at a typical 11 minute ride right now on the outer loop from 795 down to 95. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic now over to you. >> reporter: the presidential candidates crisscross the country showing up last-minute support. >> today is the day they are going to find out if that hard work had paid off and for whom. so we have a look at candidates and what they are doing on election day.

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after months of campaigning election day is here. >> polls are going to be opening soon and americans will decide whether to reelect president obama or make mitt romney the next president. ed payne has the story. >> reporter: president obama and republican candidate mitt romney made the last appeals to voters before election day. during a stop in columbus ohio, obama asked for four more years in the white house. >> the reason why we are here is because we got more work to do. our work is not yet done.>> reporter: romney said it's time for new leadership. >> you hope president obama

would live up to his promise to bring people together. and to solve problems. he hasn't. i will. >> reporter: romney's running mate paul ryan echoed that thought while campaigning in to set for this. we can do better than this. this may be the best that barack obama can offer but this is not the best america can have. >> reporter: vice president joe biden told the crowd in sterling virginia that obama is the best choice. >> prtion elections are all about character. -- presidential elections are about character the most important infreedient to lead the nation and world and president obama has the character of his convictions. >> reporter: voters in dixville notch were the first to cast votes and they opened the polls at midnight since 1960 but for the first time the vote was tied. obama and romney got 5 votes each.

in hearts location new hampshire president obamma beat out romney 23-9. i am ed payne reporting. >> candidates will reach out to americans as they cast their votes obama will do interviews throughout the day from chicago. >> and romney will make appearances in pittsburgh and, of course, cleveland ohio. >> abc2 news sur place for everything related to election coverage throughout the day and tonight. head there tonight for the results as they start coming in. you will find out more about the referendums affecting you in the state of maryland and learn more about each of your local candidates. news time 5:47. a strange discovery during a drug bust. police found an alligator inside a home. three foot reptile was discovered in the home of a man named michael golden from jessup. police say that he has a history of drug charges and they didn't expect to find an alligator in his house. neighbors say that they knew he own the animal. >> when he first got it it was

a baby probably about this big and we -- he told a couple people the kid in the neighborhood there was a baby would get that big. >> how big is yea? >> alligators do grow and it's illegal to own an exotic animal and animal control has taken it to an exotic animal zoo. time for five things to know on this tuesday morning. beginning today if you check your bags at the gate at spirit airlines you might want to think about paying up. they are charging 100 dollars for the service. it's raising the carry on bag fees to 50 bucks. so recipients in maryland who lost food can get reimbursed the alcur -- agriculture department says it's one way they are trying to help in the tomorrow's -- storma aftermath. -- storm's aftermath. the polls open across the states and you can cast your ballot until 8 tonight. to avoid delays try to vote

between 10 and 4 and you can only vote though at your designated polling location. >> it's expected the airlines should be completely returned to normal early this week. during the first four days of the big storm, nearly 20,000 flights had been canceled. the challenge has been trying to move aircraft and the crew to where they are needed to restart the system. the ravens are giving back distributing winter coats to the men at the helping up mission homeless shelter. ray rice and bolden are among those taking part in the coat gi i -- give away events. after getting the power back onto thousands of people in our area, bge is on the way to new jersey. they left the families to step up in the time of need. one guy we spoke with is jamar hair hoist volunteered to head north to restore power. he is missing his son's 9th birthday and it was a tough decision but he knows he is doing the right thing. >> this whole line of work is like a brotherhood and everyone

is working together. it means they are happy to see us here and get the service back. >> the workers who made the trip are expected to be out of town for a week. possibly as much as two and lynette, they need power back along the northeast and eastern shore. it's cold outside. >> it is cold outside. they need the power back but, with this next nor'easter rolling through the area, things are not looking so good. so let's start out with what hing about on in the satellite and i radar. we are nice and quiet nice and dry. and we are seeing some sunshine this morning once the sun comes up. the clouds will increase throughout the day. and all that will be courtesy of this storm down here to the south. you can see some changeover to some snow in portion of north carolina. this will start to slide off the coast work et cetera way up the coast and -- its way up the coast and it will affect us going into tomorrow. vil more on it in a second but let's talk about -- i will have more on it in a second but let's talk about how cold it is this morning. 31 in reisterstown. look at 28 in chestertown this

morning. 25 in emmettsburg. harve dough grace 32. denton at 30. and this is why we have the freeze -- havre de grace at 32. denton at 30. and this is why we have the freeze, with a in effect. there's the -- freeze warning in effectunless you are along immediate coast that's when you will see the worst of this system. now don't get me wrong, we will be dealing with wendy conditions tomorrow and also rain. but as we go through the overnight into thursday morning, that's when we have a better chance for snow especially along the eastern shore. but for today, it's going to be chilly and that temperature comes in at 47 degrees. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. break out the big coat for election day. we are dealing with a crash right now in anne arundel county on route 295 right along the northbound lanes at route 175. if you are traveling in the

area not too bafd delays. 17 minutes to travel from route 32 to russell street in downtown baltimore. and as we check this a -- in and look at 95, at 395, notice everything is moving right along no delays whatsoever and as we look at the abc2 timesaver traffic crime times you will notice 695 in great shape. looking at traffic times -- looking at traffic times, you will notice 695 ins in great shape. that's a look at your traffic. now over to you. if you need a break from election news we have a little ninja to show you. >> not this guy we will show you this guy up next how one little guy is wowing them on the web hold on. millions of hits and he pushes over barney. >> that's not barney. >> well, it's barney's dragon

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